Emil Heilbrunn

• Date/place of birth identified in Siegfried Wolf. Juden in Thüringen 1933-1945: Biographische Daten. (2000), vol 1, p 214
• Identified as son of Moses and Ida Heilbrunn, see Wolf
• Identified as husband of Babette Sondheim, see Wolf
• Identified as father of Martin and Ida Heilbrunn, see Wolf
• Emil and Babette Heibrunn tried, but failed, to leave Germany before the deportations from Germany to the 'east' began in October 1941; an emigration index card is found in the Arolsen Archives; see https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/document/129818982
• On 11 September 1942, Emil and Babette Heilbrunn signed a contract with the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (RV)(The National Association of German Jews) whereby they assigned all their remaining assets to the RV. The contract was called a "Heimeinkaufsvertrag" or "Home Purchase Contract" and was supposed to provide Emil and Babette Heilbrunn with room & board and medical attention and other care in the Theresienstadt Ghetto. Instead, the money paid to the RV went directly into Nazi coffers, and Emil and Babette Heilbrunn did not receive any of the promised care.
• On19/20 September 1942, Emil and Babette Heilbrunn were deported from Geisa to Ghetto Theresienstadt. See Arolsen Archives, https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/document/5042097
• Date/place of death, see entry in German National Archives, Memorial Book.

Eintrag im »Gedenkbuch« des Bundesarchivs:
Heilbrunn, Emil
geboren am 05. Dezember 1881 in Eisenach / - / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach
wohnhaft in Geisa
Inhaftierung:
bis 01. Dezember 1938, Buchenwald, Konzentrationslager
Deportation:
ab Weimar-Halle-Leipzig
20. September 1942, Theresienstadt, Ghetto
Todesdatum: 05. April 1943
Todesort: Theresienstadt, Ghetto